A month to the day after the trial started, the jury finally has Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter’s case.

Hunter has been charged with nine felonies, including tampering with evidence, forgery, theft in office, misuse of a credit card and having an unlawful interest in a public contract. She faces up to 13 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

The jury has testimony from 21 witnesses and about 400 evidence exhibits to comb through to determine Hunter’s fate.

Special prosecutor Scott Croswell resumes his closing statements before the jury received the case. He spoke for a little more than an hour Wednesday morning during the third day of closing arguments.

As Croswell showed the jury more evidence exhibits, he called Hunter a hypocrite. In his 45-minute concluding remarks, he said Hunter knew full-well that documents’ dates were not correct when she signed them.

Croswell told the jury that the charges were simple. He read an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that characterized Hunter’s actions as "a declaration of defiance".

Croswell said the evidence speaks for itself in the case and implored the jury to find Hunter guilty to help restore the public's image of the government.

"Judge Hunter has had as fair of a trial as any other human being. Judge (Norbert) Nadel has bent over backwards to see to it that that was the case,” Croswell said.

Defense attorney Clyde Bennett objected several times to Croswell’s statements, saying that he did not have the burden of proof in the case.

"The whole investigation in this case is a half-baked cake," Bennett said on Tuesday. "It's not fair and it's wrong to charge (Hunter).”

Bennett and Hunter mostly sat quietly at the defense table throughout the morning. At one point, Hunter read from a Bible that she carries with her.

Nadel took nearly an hour to read his instructions and all the charges to the jury. They then selected a foreperson.

The jury began deliberated the case for about two hours and 15 minutes. They sounded the signal in Nadel's courtroom once asking for pens and paper.

The jury is comprised of 10 women and two men. After beginning with six alternate jurors, two remain.

Three of the jurors are African American.

Nadel told the jury that they would only deliberate until 4 p.m., unless they told him that they would like to stay later.

Before the jury left for the day, they asked the court if there was an index of evidence exhibits to help them find documents as they discussed them. Nadel told them an index did not exist.

WLWT.com’s Brad Evans will continue Live Wire coverage in court as the jury deliberates on Thursday.